Odessa Military Academy

The Odessa Military Academy is a modern higher military institution of the inter-services Armed Forces of Ukraine. It is one of the oldest military academies in the former Russian Empire, having been active for more than a century. has deep historical traditions and more than a century of history. The academy conducts language training for servicemen and employees of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, advanced training of military personnel and scientific and pedagogical workers, and the preparation of students in the training of reserve officers.

Odessa Military Academy
(Ukrainian): Військова академія, Oдеса
A formation of the school in the 2016 Chișinău Independence Day Parade.
MottoЧесть, Мужність і Професіоналізм (Honor, Courage and Professionalism)
Typemilitary academy
EstablishedJune 30, 2011 (June 30, 2011)
FounderGovernment of Ukraine
AffiliationArmed Forces of Ukraine
Academic affiliation
Odessa National Polytechnic University
CommandantMajor General Oleh Viktorovych Hulyak
Address
10 Fontanskaya Road
,
Odessa
,
Ukraine

46.441°N 30.742°E / 46.441; 30.742
LanguageUkrainian, Russian
Colors    
Websitehttp://www.vaodesa.mil.gov.ua

Origins

Creation

The academy was founded as the Odessa Infantry School in 1865, by order of the Minister of War. It was then intended to be a preparatory school that trains infantrymen to serve as a military officer rank. The building of the school was designed by the Russian architect Vasily F. Maas. The military academy was succeeded by the Cadet Corps, which was created on April 16, 1899, by direct the order of Nicholas II, according to the order of creating the school. The idea for creating the cadet corps came from the commander of the Odessa Military District, Count Alexander Ivanovich Musin-Pushkin, who in the mid-1890s recognized the need for the establishment of a special military educational institution in the city of Odessa.[1]

Reorganization
A cadet of the school in Paris.

Since the fall of the Soviet Union, the school remained largely inactive until the military academy was reestablished on June 30, 2011 on the basis of the Military Institute of the Odessa National Polytechnic University in accordance with the Decree of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine signed on March 23, 2011.[2]

Academy Band

The Band of the Odessa Military Academy (Ukrainian: Військовий оркестр військової академії України) was established in December 2012 and has its origin from the 9th Military Band of the Soviet Army (established in 1964) and the local Song and Dance Ensemble (established in 1939). In 1988, the former won first place at a Moscow competition of small military bands of the Soviet Armed Forces. The choir group of the ensemble showed their art in 1993 at the Leontovich Choir Competition, where it won the 1st place, and in 1995 the dance group became the Laureate of the International Folk Dance Competition in Samsun, Turkey. Today, the small ensembles that are part of the band include a parade band, a jazz band, a ballet group, brass and chamber quintets as well as a concert band. The band represents the academy at all military occasions and the country at international military festivals.[3]

References
  1. "Історія академії". vaodesa.mil.gov.ua. Retrieved 2018-09-24.
  2. "Про реорганізацію Військового ін... | від 23.03.2011 № 286". zakon2.rada.gov.ua. Retrieved 2018-09-24.
  3. Військово-музичне управління Збройних сил України



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